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director clapper had laid out his goal for his office. to force a better fusion in the intelligence community between intelligence collection and analysis and to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts. ms. o' sul vlivan shares this goal. the importance of this submission has been underscored by the instability and protests in the middle east. the president, the secretary of state and the congress are making policy decisions on egypt that's not a question aimed at ms. sullivan. as an associate deputy director of the kcia her role is akin to the chief operating officer. she has served in this roll since december of director of science and technology for four years. in that roll she managed the kra's technical innovation and support to case officer operations. while almost everything in this area is highly classified and unfortunately can't be discussed here, the committee has taken a real interest in several of these programs and found them to be on the cutting edge of she was former ly. now part of it. as the nominee to be princi
director clapper had laid out his goal for his office. to force a better fusion in the intelligence community between intelligence collection and analysis and to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts. ms. o' sul vlivan shares this goal. the importance of this submission has been underscored by the instability and protests in the middle east. the president, the secretary of state and the congress are making policy decisions on egypt that's not a question aimed at ms. sullivan. as an...
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thank you very much. >> thank you, director clapper. one of the 800 pound gorillas in the room is this point about the lead up of intelligence on egypt. one of the things that struck me into nietzsche, ben ali still believed he would be president. by afternoon he was in a helicopter. that is real time. i want to give those of you an opportunity to directly give your assessment on the intelligence leading up to it. real-time intelligence. cnn and fox are currently reporting that hosni mubarak may step aside today. i want to give you the opportunity for the first time to talk to the american people about your assessment and real-time intelligence where we need to go. >> let me start and i will offer my colleagues that wants to comment on this, as i indicated in my opening remarks the intelligence community has long identified the conditions that exist in the middle east which in terms of economic concerns, political repression and frustrations that accrue to many people in the middle east and this is a characteristic of many of these coun
thank you very much. >> thank you, director clapper. one of the 800 pound gorillas in the room is this point about the lead up of intelligence on egypt. one of the things that struck me into nietzsche, ben ali still believed he would be president. by afternoon he was in a helicopter. that is real time. i want to give those of you an opportunity to directly give your assessment on the intelligence leading up to it. real-time intelligence. cnn and fox are currently reporting that hosni...
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clapper in this regard. in this building your authority of action is taken up arms in a native states. a year ago your predecessor said we take direct action against terrorists and the intelligence community if we think the direct action will involve killing an american. we give specific permission to do that. that is obviously a statement with great consequence and certainly raises a lot of important issues. mike's areas you don't see as a government official, making a statement like that without an expensive of legal analysis. i asked what that legal analysis. nothing has been handed over yet, which again drives home the point that when we're talking about operations not it, absolutely we have to protect men and women in the field. but we are two of legal interpretations and i like to know your answer to my question in this regard with respect to getting on interpretation in our hands. >> well, i speak for all of those and we are committed to ensuring that the congress understands the legal basis for intel
clapper in this regard. in this building your authority of action is taken up arms in a native states. a year ago your predecessor said we take direct action against terrorists and the intelligence community if we think the direct action will involve killing an american. we give specific permission to do that. that is obviously a statement with great consequence and certainly raises a lot of important issues. mike's areas you don't see as a government official, making a statement like that...
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general clapper? >> well, this is related to a previous response about better out reach, better education. if we become aware of pending transactions and i'm not singling out while way, do any of these where there is a national security implications, i have been working this would be office of the national counterintelligence in the tni staff on this very issue. how can we do a broader outreach to ensure pending transactions dependent which could have do better at her out crees. they are pending right at the 11th hour. >> is the process working? we need to do something different. this is something that we need to be working on with you regarding this issue because to get the on deck. >> i'm not really in a position to comment on how rural effectiveness is, i do think once it reaches us if he is transactions that the intelligence community's views are made known. >> you are a member, a nonvoting member, is that right? 37 agencies. clearly i'm wondering is something we need to look at. thank you. >> tha
general clapper? >> well, this is related to a previous response about better out reach, better education. if we become aware of pending transactions and i'm not singling out while way, do any of these where there is a national security implications, i have been working this would be office of the national counterintelligence in the tni staff on this very issue. how can we do a broader outreach to ensure pending transactions dependent which could have do better at her out crees. they are...
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and so i'd like to ask general clapper, director panetta and i'll give mr. goldberg -- since he's from the state, the department of state an opportunity to address that. do you think that's a possibility that would -- or could create some problem with some of our countries that -- some of these countries that own this debt? >> well, it is a great problem for us. that's clear. and i think the debt does pose a potential threat to our national security. and i think, you know, the allusion -- the relationship we have with -- the financial relationship we have with china is illustrative of that. and so i think we recognize in the intelligence community that we're going to have to play our part in a programmic and resource sense to help reduce that debt, but i agree with chairman mullen and secretary clinton that it does pose a huge problem for us. and we have to deal with it in my view. >> congressman, i guess i would speak to that more of a former director of the office of management and budget and a former chairman of the house budget committee that -- that thr
and so i'd like to ask general clapper, director panetta and i'll give mr. goldberg -- since he's from the state, the department of state an opportunity to address that. do you think that's a possibility that would -- or could create some problem with some of our countries that -- some of these countries that own this debt? >> well, it is a great problem for us. that's clear. and i think the debt does pose a potential threat to our national security. and i think, you know, the allusion --...
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clapper suggested that the complexity of the threats and the ubiquity makes the challenge for intelligence community's even greater. what should americans feel about the level of safety or threats overall? guest: we always have to be concerned. 9/11 showed we were not ready for that attack. when you look at terrorism from a global point of view, we have to focus on how al-qaeda recruits individuals. that's why it's so important that we start working with the hearts and minds of different countries. for instance, in pakistan, afghanistan, trying to stop the training and education of extreme right-wing radical groups that are anti united states and anti israel. we have an example in afghanistan. we are trying now to educate young your children and counter what is going on in a lot of the other areas where these individuals are being trained -- even further, being trained to be suicide bombers. from our point of view, we have to look at the worldwide threat from each country. we have to look at the training and analyze it to protect our country from terrorism. host:. cia director leon panetta
clapper suggested that the complexity of the threats and the ubiquity makes the challenge for intelligence community's even greater. what should americans feel about the level of safety or threats overall? guest: we always have to be concerned. 9/11 showed we were not ready for that attack. when you look at terrorism from a global point of view, we have to focus on how al-qaeda recruits individuals. that's why it's so important that we start working with the hearts and minds of different...
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[laughter] some have called for general clapper to resign. in this administration, we could get somebody worse to replace him. [laughter] [applause] the fact is in the real world and foreign policy and life more generally sometimes your core values and principles conflict with one another. everything doesn't always work out perfectly, and there's a conflict of values that work in the broader middle east today. let's look at the conflicts and see how our administration has handled them. one conflict, a real one looking down the road, is between a real established democracy in israel, the only real democracy in the middle east. [cheers and applause] and a hypothetical democracy in e just a minute. now, i'm pleased that the egyptian military said they would uphold their obligations which includes the camp david accord, but we have no guarantee down the road that will hold. worrying about israel, a real democracy, is a real, moral, and legitimate obligation by the united states. plp we must -- [applause] we must also recognize democracy is more t
[laughter] some have called for general clapper to resign. in this administration, we could get somebody worse to replace him. [laughter] [applause] the fact is in the real world and foreign policy and life more generally sometimes your core values and principles conflict with one another. everything doesn't always work out perfectly, and there's a conflict of values that work in the broader middle east today. let's look at the conflicts and see how our administration has handled them. one...
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napolitano and i sit on what is called the counterterrorism resource counsel, which is chaired by george clapper, it includes bob mueller, the director of the fbi, the director of cia. and we have met every two weeks to delve in as senior leaders for hours on end about how we can integrate our missions better. that is night and day from where we were in 2004 and 2005, and frankly, it's night and day from where we were in 2009. so i think there are always some tensions when organizations are trying to do the right thing and think they're trying to do the right thing and someone else disagrees. not all that tension is bad. on the terrorism issue, i think -- i have never seen it better integrated than it is today. and just one other point about integration, you mentioned the health and human services, we are integrated with them and dhs. they are in charge of refugee resettlement. and they play a critical role in helping us work with new immigrant communities to reduce the likelihood of radicalization. again, that sort of partnership between the counterterrorism community and an organization that i
napolitano and i sit on what is called the counterterrorism resource counsel, which is chaired by george clapper, it includes bob mueller, the director of the fbi, the director of cia. and we have met every two weeks to delve in as senior leaders for hours on end about how we can integrate our missions better. that is night and day from where we were in 2004 and 2005, and frankly, it's night and day from where we were in 2009. so i think there are always some tensions when organizations are...
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napolitano and i sit on what is called the counterterrorism resource counsel, which is chaired by george clapper, it includes bob mueller, the director of the fbi, the director of cia. and we have met every two weeks to delve in as senior leaders for hours on end about how we can integrate our missions better. that is night and day from where we were in 2004 and 2005, and frankly, it's night and day from where we were in 2009. so i think there are always some tensions when organizations are trying to do the right thing and think they're trying to do the right thing and someone else disagrees. not all that tension is bad. on the terrorism issue, i think -- i have never seen it better integrated than it is today. and just one other point about integration, you mentioned the health and human services, we are integrated with them and dhs. they are in charge of refugee resettlement. and they play a critical role in helping us work with new immigrant communities to reduce the likelihood of radicalization. again, that sort of partnership between the counterterrorism community and an organization that i
napolitano and i sit on what is called the counterterrorism resource counsel, which is chaired by george clapper, it includes bob mueller, the director of the fbi, the director of cia. and we have met every two weeks to delve in as senior leaders for hours on end about how we can integrate our missions better. that is night and day from where we were in 2004 and 2005, and frankly, it's night and day from where we were in 2009. so i think there are always some tensions when organizations are...
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clapper suggested that the complexity of the threats and the ubiquity makes the challenge for intelligence community's even greater. what should americans feel about the level of safety or threats overall? guest: we always have to be concerned. 9/11 showed we were not ready for that attack. when you look at terrorism from a global point of view, we have to focus on how al-qaeda recruits individuals. that's why it's so important that we start working with the hearts and minds of different countries. for instance, in pakistan, afghanistan, trying to stop the training and education of extreme right-wing radical groups that are anti united states and anti israel. we have an example in afghanistan. we are trying now to educate young your children and counter what is going on in a lot of the other areas where these individuals are being trained -- even further, being trained to be suicide bombers. from our point of view, we have to look at the worldwide threat from each country. we have to look at the training and analyze it to protect our country from terrorism. host:. cia director leon panetta
clapper suggested that the complexity of the threats and the ubiquity makes the challenge for intelligence community's even greater. what should americans feel about the level of safety or threats overall? guest: we always have to be concerned. 9/11 showed we were not ready for that attack. when you look at terrorism from a global point of view, we have to focus on how al-qaeda recruits individuals. that's why it's so important that we start working with the hearts and minds of different...
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testimony to the house intelligence committee last week, the director of national intelligence, james clapper, wrote that "it is impossible to rank in terms of long-term importance the numerous potential threats to united states national security. the united states no longer faces, as in the cold war, one dominant threat. rather, it is the multiplicity and interconnectedness of potential threats and the actors behind them that constitute our biggest challenge." so it is clear, mr. president, that the threat against the united states from terrorism, cyber attacks, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and others is at a very high level. intelligence is our best tool in keeping america secure, and i see this intelligence day after day after day. the intelligence committee hears testimony week after week after week, and i believe all members of the intelligence committee are solidly behind the reid-mcconnell bill. so that's the framework in which these three expiring provisions come before us. without them, our law enforcement and intelligence agencies would lack important tools to p
testimony to the house intelligence committee last week, the director of national intelligence, james clapper, wrote that "it is impossible to rank in terms of long-term importance the numerous potential threats to united states national security. the united states no longer faces, as in the cold war, one dominant threat. rather, it is the multiplicity and interconnectedness of potential threats and the actors behind them that constitute our biggest challenge." so it is clear, mr....